#crazycamps

Crazy Mountain Balance Camp • 2018 •

We had a very inspiring time with 13 people from 3 continents. Glenda was one of them and this is what she wrote about this experience:

Looking back to an amazing time in the mountains with a wonderful tribe. I'm still processing all the wonderful things that I experienced during this week. I got to know 12 lovely people - sometimes we couldn't be more different from each other, and still there is a connection, we mirror each other, we teach each other something, and in the end we love each other no matter how different we are. Because we are all one. I felt happiness, I felt sadness, I felt fear, I felt joy, I felt full and I felt empty. I felt all kind of things. I dug once more a little deeper into myself, allowing me a little step further towards my healing. Thank you to all of you that made it possible, I am grateful to have met you 🙏❤️. Thank you Klaas Couchista for your amazing gift to bring people together and creating a safe and loving atmosphere at CrazyCamp.org 🙏❤️

Crazy Mountain Balance Camp • 2016 •

Alwyn Birch from Australia was one of the people that participated in this epic mountain adventure. He wrote the following about his experience:

The Crazy Mountain Balance Camp was awesome! We hiked the mountains in the mist of the morning, seeing the due drip off the pines - and even in a storm with hail (on the same day), where the roads turned to rivers. It was a bit scary but me and another girl shared a poncho, she was from the USA. It was a special moment, we had some great conversations in there.  We looked so funny, waddling down the mountain together trying not to fall over!

We touched cows, they are so cute! They lick you like a big dog and their tongues are really long too! One girl had the whole side of her arm in it’s mouth. Gross, slobber everywhere but it was funny :) I want to make one my friend and ride it.  

We saw eagles off in the distance circling the top of the mountains, while sitting in a hot tub, feeling the steam coming up past our nose, watching all the new waterfalls appear, created from the herenderous storm - that was magical! Trying to find them, sort of like hide-n-seek the childhood game but we had a beer.  

We had many special moments and ate many different foods from all types of countries. This guy from Belgium made us these capsicums with like a little hat and all this yummy stuff inside. It was so good you could eat it like a yogurt.  

We did many yoga sessions and many meditations. Some even in the snow naked!  That was cool!  It sounds crazy and weird but when your there you feel so alive!!!! Like you never have before... trust me!

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Alwyn 

Yoga (and Snowga) at the Crazy Snow Camp

Confessions of a Crazy Snow Camper • 

Paulina from Lithuania participated in the Crazy Snow Camp, Switzerland January 2016 edition. Here is what she wrote about it...

I chose the Crazy Snow Camp for skiing in Switzerland. It was the first time I went alone on holidays. Therefore I was a bit worried about the things, if it will be OK and if the people will accept me or if I enjoy the company. It was two days after the crazy camp started when I realized it is going to be one of my best experiences in my life. I had to stretch my comfort zones for physical environment, as in the cabin there was no shower. We had to be creative and invent the shower ourselves. Also there was nothing to plug in our electric devices. By the way, this served as a benefit as we had to prepare the food on a wood stove that made things interesting and focus on each other instead of TV or PC.

The people in the group were very nice, always friendly, cheerful and helping. By the way, people were from all the continents except Australia and Antarctica :). So it was very interesting to get to know all of them. And now its good to know that I am always welcome to visit my new friends all over the world! :))

I strongly recommend Crazy Camps for people that are willing to challenge themselves, improve their social relationships with people and become more open minded.

See you in one of the upcoming Crazy Camps! :))

Thank you Paulina for this very nice report :)

Crazy Balkan Snow Camp • 2013 • 

The first time that there was a Crazy Camp in the Balkans was March 9-16, 2013. We came for winter, and winter is what we got! Incredible amounts of snow. One morning it was impossible to get out of the hut because the complete entrance had been covered with fresh snow! We had to shovel our way out. The place was Jahorina, some 40km from magic Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. An intriguing mix of old and modern: some ski lifts were really old school but most of the lifts and snow makers are state of the art. Excellent skiing and snowboarding, both on-piste as off-piste. The bars and restaurants at the slopes offered authentic Balkan-atmosphere and very good (and very affordable) food. Speaking of affordable, a one week skipass here is around EUR 110...

As usual with Crazy Camps, the group was very diverse in nationalities (Canada, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands, Russia), backgrounds and ages.

The experience was good enough to come back again in 2014, and also in March 2016 a Crazy Balkan Snow Camp is planned at this fantastic location - home of the 1984 Olympic Winter Games. We’ll be in a luxury cabin with a very nice built in sauna (this is actually the most luxury of all Crazy Camp accommodations :) ) Check it out at http://www.crazycamp.org/cbsc and join the winter adventure!

Crazy Art Camp • 2013 • 

Some impressions from the Crazy Art Camp that took place in the amazing mountains of Tuscany, in June 2013. 

We were photographers, painters, writers and models from (in random order) Lithuania, France, Norway, Spain, Finland, India, The Netherlands and the UK. We participated in each others projects, giving inspiration to each other and crossing borders between the diverse art disciplines. Some of us were professional artists and some were amateur. It was an unforgettable and intense week.

The location was a former water mill, all alone in a mountain valley filled with beautiful forests. Even the colorful rooms added to our creative vibes. We also visited some typical, untouched villages nearby and the overwhelmingly beautiful medieval city Lucca.

 The huge garden with swimming pool was not bad either. 

The house, such an amazing place!

The old watermill where we stayed is hidden in these forests.

Crazy Mountain Balance Camp • 2014 •

From July 25, 2014 till July 30, 2014 the Crazy Mountain Balance Camp took place in an amazing place high above the Rhône valley in the French speaking part of Switzerland. Mountain hiking, crazy group games, swimming in wild mountain lakes – a unique and intense experience that brought us back in balance!

In all Crazy Camps there are some elements of yoga, meditation, massage and similar activities that connect mind & body. But in the Crazy Mountain Balance Camp has more of it. The weather was not always reliable but the group spirit was :-)

The views over the Rhône valley deep down below gave us the feeling that we were in an airplane. And around the corner: empty valleys with not much more than some cows and sheep. We climbed a peak of over 3.000m high! That was such a cool thing to do.

We were people from The Netherlands, Germany and Poland. So it was a much more homogenous group then the average Crazy Camp. However, as usual the ages and backgrounds were very diverse :-)

Here is the info for the 2015 Crazy Mountain Balance Camp (which is, by the way, in a different location).

Our hut was a steep climb above the place where the forest road ended. This definitely contributed to our feeling of wonderful isolation: it was just us; no noise, no cables, no agenda’s.

Crazy Mountain Camp • 2013 •

Some impressions from the Crazy Mountain Camp (see http://www.crazycamp.org/past-events/) that took place in July 2013 in Central Switzerland. This was the first ever Crazy Mountain Camp; all Crazy Camps before had been Crazy Snow Camps (skiing and snowboarding). The location was amazing! We did wonderful hikes, even crossing some snow pads. And how about swimming in an ice cold mountain lake? When you do it together, it’s a surprising energizer! 14 People from Mexico, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada, Italy and Hungary.

The hut, situated far away from villages and traffic, had an outdoor hot tub and a terrace where we would often eat. For one week this was our paradise :-)